Munich shooting: Policewoman among those injured as shots fired in subway station

Suspect took police officer's gun and started firing

Police block a street near a subway station in Munich, Germany. Picture: Sven Hoppe/dpa via APPolice officers secure the area around a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired on June 13, 2017. According to the police, several people were injured by the shots and a female police officer was badly wounded. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice walk near a subway station in Munich, Germany. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)Police officers secure the area around a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired.
AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers secure the area around a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers secure the area around a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers secure the area around a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired.Picture: AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice cars stand in front of a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired. Picture: / AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images

He had no further details, but Munich's Merkur newspaper reported witnesses said the suspect took a police officer's pistol and shot her, and also injured others at the scene.

Mr Riehlein said the area has been secured and that there was no danger to the wider public.

Bavarian radio reported: "According to police information it is probably not a terrorist attack".

Police officers secure the area around a commuter rail station in Unterfoehring near Munich, southern Germany, where shots were fired on June 13, 2017. According to the police, several people were injured by the shots and a female police officer was badly wounded. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images